- although often used in place-names to denote a hill, in street-names brae can also indicate a road with a steep gradient. Examples include Windmill Brae in Aberdeen and Bouly Brae in Arbroath. In the eighteenth century, a brae could also be an artificial bank built across a river to trap salmon. A failing enterprise may be gaein doon the brae, but set a stout hert tae a stey [steep] brae to face adversity with resolve.
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